In the twenty-fourth year of Longchang, in winter, snow fell from the sky.

The ancient city wall paved with blue bricks of Qianyang City has more than 400 years, it is the relic left by the previous dynasty, although it has been repaired and changed, it still can't withstand the wind and frost, the sun and rain are like blackening, the white winter snow has been plated on the city wall with a layer of white edge, a comparison, most of the black that has not been covered up is more majestic.

There are very few pedestrians on the main road in the city, quietly, occasionally one or two fast horses trample through the snow, go straight out of the west gate, and go to the Yanshan Guard School Field of the National Capital Garrison on the outskirts of Qianyang City.

Facing the neighing wind, the embroidered yellow dragon flags planted around the school field roared angrily, and there were forty-nine square rings on the school field, which were placed according to the number of seven or seven. On the north side of the school field, at the foot of the mountain, there are hundreds of sergeants holding chisels, axes, saws, hammers and other tools to beat and beat, back and forth, and are busy building a huge platform with a long square and nine zhang.

Tomorrow here, is to hold the new army opening ceremony of the place, because this is the first new army directly subordinate to the emperor of the Jing Dynasty, the significance is special, the mission is important, in addition to the emperor himself, the Manchu Dynasty civil and military will also be present.

At noon on this day, Huang Tingxuan and Wu Xiaofan rushed to the Hou Mansion as promised, Huang Tingxuan was wearing a washed white yellow Taoist robe as always, the robe was bulging, I don't know how much straw cotton was stuffed, and the feet were wrapped in a pair of black cotton shoes sewn with five or six patches, but the face looked white and clean, and the two eyes were dark, very watery.

Wu Xiaofan has some family background, and he looks much better than Huang Tingxuan. He was wearing a set of blue-green narrow-sleeved winter robes, a black belt around his waist, two short swords hanging from his waist, a pair of black boots on his feet, and a bag full of underwear hanging diagonally on his back, with the demeanor of a martial arts person.

Hearing that Wu and Huang had arrived, Chen Ping'an was very happy, and he didn't care about the reminders such as "Young Master, slow down" and "Young Master, Slippery", and hurriedly ran out of the backyard.

Before he had time to warm up with the two, he only saw the outfits of the two, Chen Ping'an, who had always been well-dressed, suddenly stretched his face, and pointed at Huang Tingxuan with a personal voice: "Are you afraid that others won't know that you are a Taoist priest or whatever, you are about to enlist in the army and still dress ......like this" Then, he frowned at the burden on Wu Xiaofan's back and said: "And you Wu Tiejiao, you have to drag clothes and food when you go out with this young master, aren't you slapping the young master in the face?"

After some sarcasm and ridicule, Wu and Huang rolled their eyes, and in the end, they couldn't resist Chen Ping'an's disgust, so they had to change their official style, Huang Tingxuan simply tried his lips and tongue to argue with Chen Ping'an, and finally kept the ancestral robe, as for Wu Xiaofan's burden, tsk, if nothing else, it should have become firewood under the stove.

After changing their clothes, the two were taken to the guest hall to rest.

The guest hall of Yongle Hou's Mansion is very large, larger than the whole Qianyang view combined, just the pillar that supports the beam in the middle will be hugged by three or four people, look up and face a big plaque of the green land of the ninth street, the plaque is written with four big characters of the big bucket - "Tianshun Renhe", the plaque is hung high below the big painting of swallowing clouds and spitting fog dragon fighting tigers, Zhao Dongting, the person who signed the money, has the reputation of "painting saint" in Dajing.

The house is divided into two halls, the front hall is furnished with eight old wooden chairs of red sandalwood, among which there is a Nanmu incense case, and the rest have more than ten pieces of exquisite celadon kiln wares placed decently, the wall is hung with exquisite mounted paintings, several celebrity inscriptions, each is a unique product of great value.

The back hall is slightly smaller than the front hall, but it is opened by a series of large floor-to-ceiling sill windows on the wall, and it just faces an open winter view of the weir lake outside the door, which looks extremely spacious. Next to the window, there is a carved purple wood big square collapse, the square collapse is spread out with a fine mink thick blanket, and a stove is placed in the front and back to coax the hall warm.

Outside the window, a thousand snow-covered ponds, the house has a fire race spring, such a grand scene, fry a pinch of new tea, warm a pot of old wine, on the sweet and glutinous shortbread, a great thing in life.

Just as the three of them were sitting upright and drinking heartily, a small guy outside the door suddenly broke into the house and whispered a few words to Chen Ping'an's ear.

Chen Ping'an's sword eyebrows twisted slightly: "Tang Yin?"

Huang Tingxuan was stunned when he heard this, "Master Zu?"

Wu Xiaofan was shocked, "Little Grandmaster!"

Tang Yin's reputation is not big, it is not small, and people like Huang Tingxuan and Wu Xiaofan, who are far away from the temple, have an impression of Tang Yin that is limited to that side. And when it comes to the house of an official eunuch like Chen Ping'an, Tang Yin's name can be described as thunderous.

At that time, Chen Ping'an, the scorching deeds of Li Congjian, the head of Longshou Mountain in the court, had already heard of it, such a person who dared to assassinate the chief disciple of Longshou Mountain under the brilliant sun, risked the world to spread secret letters to lead to the undercurrent of the rivers and lakes, and left a famous character who dared to openly shout with the imperial court, Chen Ping'an admired him for a long time.

The three of them had their own thoughts, and hurried to the front hall at the moment.

In front of me, I only saw a young man standing tall, with a proud posture, a slightly lazy look, holding a jade wine gourd in his hand, and the moment he looked up at the snow, a stream of elixir also entered his throat.

He was draped in a white garment of brocade trimmed with gold trim, which was obviously not suitable for this season, and the light blue headband was still tied on his head.

A cold wave suddenly poured into the courtyard, lifted the hem of his clothes and danced, the young man didn't seem to be cold, and gently exhaled a cool breath against the wind.

Chen Ping'an stopped and looked at it for a moment, paused, and asked, "Are you Tang Yin?"

When the young man heard this, he turned his head and smiled, his intimidating eyes were clean and clear, without a trace of impurities.

"The name Tang Yin was used by me three days ago, and now, I have a new name, called Song Zang. ”

"Song Zang?" a few people were slightly stunned, puzzled.

Tang Yin said with a smile: "Yes, Tang is to Song, hidden is to hide, isn't it easy to remember?"

Chen Ping'an chewed on the name carefully, his brows furrowed slightly, and he always felt that something was wrong.

Huang Tingxuan held his chin in his hand and thought carefully, and muttered to himself heartlessly: "Song Zang, if it is hidden to lower the voice, wouldn't it be a funeral...... It doesn't sound like an auspicious name. ”

Chen Ping'an thorned in his ear, raised his eyes to look at the young man, and his face couldn't help but sink slightly.

"Your Excellency is so rude, the first time you came to the door, you turned around and humiliated and cursed, I don't know where someone Chen offended Your Excellency?"

Tang Yin waved his hand again and again: "Mo Duo thinks, Mo Duo thinks, this name is a symbol, why bother minding? If you don't like it, then I'll change it...... Not...... Then it's called Song Li...... Master Chen, do you want to hear me?"

Chen Ping'an sneered: "It seems that Your Excellency's name is really casual......"

Tang Yin laughed: "Each other, Chen Ergou, the nickname of Chen Xiaohouye, seems to be very casual!"

Chen Ping'an's face suddenly fell.

The name Chen Ergou is simply a taboo that cannot be touched in Chen Ping'an's heart, maybe a few of his brothers shouted the right as a joke, but it was a humiliation for him to shout this name casually.

Chen Ping'an was annoyed for a while, and snorted lightly: "It seems that Your Excellency understands me very well, but I don't know why Your Excellency came to the door like this?"

Tang Yin's face was slightly red, slightly drunk, raised his hand holding the gourd and shook it, pointed at Huang Tingxuan and said with a smile: "I came to make an appointment with that little Taoist master to join the army tomorrow." ”

"Join the army?"

Chen Ping'an was slightly stunned, turned his head to look at Huang Tingxuan, Huang Tingxuan touched the back of his head with his hand, his eyelids rolled straight up, revealing a look of "it's none of his business".

Chen Ping'an naturally didn't have time to worry about Huang Tingxuan, snorted slightly, then turned his head to look at Tang Yin, and said coldly: "Your Excellency is so daring, I can hear that your reputation is not very good in the court now, and the court in order to arrest you, with a reward of thousands of gold as a reward, and a first-class offering as a note, just like that, Your Excellency still dares to show up and sign up for the army." ”

Tang Yin's eyebrows flowed, and he said without seeing anything: "So I don't change my name, those guys haven't seen me, don't get in the way, don't get in the way." ”

Chen Ping'an's eyes condensed slightly: "Aren't you afraid that we will notify the government and reveal your identity?"

Tang Yin shook his head, as if he was sure in his heart: "You won't." The little marquis is not short of money, and he is not short of power, so what kind of daughter, what is enshrined, in the eyes of the little marquis, it is just shit. According to the style of the little marquis, if you really don't like me, then you will beat me up, and then throw me into the pit, or let me strip naked and run around this Qianyang City three times, and report this kind of thing to the official will only ruin the reputation of the little marquis, isn't it?"

Chen Ping'an's eyes were scorching, and he sneered twice: "What you said is not bad, but since Your Excellency knows me so well, then I don't like you very much now, do you see that you stripped naked and jumped into the pit, and then ran around Qianyang City three times, or do you want me to beat you up first and then do these two things?"

At this time, Tang Yin yawned, his extremely good-looking eyes bent slightly, and he showed a harmless smile towards Chen Ping'an: "I'm a lazy person, and I never like to do it myself, so there's Lao Xiaohou." ”

Chen Ping'an was annoyed for a while, and snorted coldly: "It seems that Your Excellency wants to try the methods of Young Master Ben, so don't blame me for being rude." Wu Tiejiao, let me do it, capture this thief and teach it a good lesson!"

Huang Tingxuan is a smart person, and at a glance, he knows that this is Tang Yin's intention to provoke Chen Ping'an, and his heart is broken, and Chen Ping'an will definitely suffer a loss. As soon as he wanted to say something to stop him, Wu Xiaofan beside him immediately stepped forward and stopped Chen Ping'an.

Chen Ping'an was extremely surprised, and glared at Wu Xiaofan: "Hey, Wu Tiejiao, what are you doing, let you follow me, didn't you stop me, didn't you see that everyone was humiliated and came to the door?"

Wu Xiaofan looked at Tang Yin with a pale face, and only said four words cautiously.

"He's a grandmaster!"